During their Limited Run Games 2023 Showcase, Limited Run announced a physical release for the Castlevania Advance Collection on Nintendo Switch (Xbox One and PS4 will also receive a hardcopy release). The collection originally debuted digitally in September 2021 on the Nintendo eShop. It includes Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria of Sorrow, with the SNES version of Castlevania: Dracula X included as a bonus.
Pre-orders for the physical copy will open later this month on July 28th on the official Limited Run Games website, priced at $34.99 (or the regional equivalent). There will be four different covers to choose from, with more information to be announced soon.
FEATURED GAMES
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon – The story follows Nathan Graves, a vampire hunter apprentice who enters Dracula’s Castle along with his Master in order to prevent the dreaded return of the Count. Combine action and attribute cards to create over 80 unique spell effects, ranging from fire whips to ice blizzards, with the ‘Dual Set-up System’.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance – Play as Juste Belmont, the grandson of legendary Vampire Hunter Simon Belmont! This title introduced a lot of new features to the franchise, such as ‘Boss Rush’ mode and the ‘Spell Fusion’ system that lets players combine Sub-Weapons with Spell Books to cast devastating spells.
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow – Soma Cruz, a young high school exchange student in Japan, is somehow involved in the eternal cycle of reincarnation of the Dark Lord himself. What role does Soma play in all of this? Will he be able to return to his own world? Aria of Sorrow also introduced a brand new attack system called ‘Tactical Souls’, that lets Soma Cruz capture the souls of slain monsters to acquire their abilities. (100+ abilities in total!) Aria of Sorrow also has a ton of New Game+ content.
Castlevania: Dracula X – Castlevania: Dracula X is a reimagination of the cult action game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and has been acclaimed as one of the most challenging Castlevania titles ever created. The Dark Lord Count Dracula rises again from the dead to revive the forces of darkness and to annihilate this corrupted world and create a new one. You are Richter Belmont, heir of the Belmont family, and you set out for Dracula’s Castle to defeat its evil master. Fight your way through Dracula’s Castle and defeat the toughest enemies with the new special attack ‘Item Crash’!
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